Travel Tools - Non-Stop Service Between Cities---Search Tool???




Modesassion
Apr 20, 12, 11:19 am
I am wondering if anybody has struggled with this same problem and has found any solution.

Or put another way...It would seem to me that a very useful service/tool would allow people to search for City Pairs that offer Non-Stop Service between them. You would simply enter ONE city (say YYZ) and immediately see a list of all of the cities you can fly TO, Non-Stop, from there by airline/flight #, etc. The purpose would be to find not only the best, most direct route between two cities (probably not that necessary), but to also find ALL of the reasonable option between two cities. It would be particularly useful while putting together award flights between two cities.

If my explanation is a little confusing an example is below:

For instance, while trying to route flights from YYZ to MNL I used ITA and searched for Non-Stop flights ONLY from YYZ to ??? and went through all of the major connecting hubs that I could think of (i.e. YVR, SFO, LAX, JFK/LGA, ATL, ORD, NRT, HND, HKG, BKK, ICN, SIN, LHR, CDG, ZRH, FRA, DXB, etc, in order to make a list by airline of who flies where non stop.

I then did the same MNL to all of the potential HUBS I could think of. I then could easily find the most direct route (one stop only, hopefully, or certainly the most direct given that MNL is on an island in the middle of the ocean) between YYZ and MNL, on partner airlines, by comparing the two lists.

Now... could I have just searched ITA for YYZ to MNL and gotten a lot of information, Yes. But to really separate the legs and drill down I had to go through the entire Non-Stop Only search.

I have searched this forum, this site, the internet and have yet to find anything other than a site that leads to C.R.A.P.. A site that seems to do this for UK Origin Flights, and the GSA City Pairs Program which is not applicable.

Has anyone found this resource in one convenient place? Does anyone even understand what I am talking about?

Hope this question is met with a useful discussion of resources that could offer some solutions.


OnTheAsile
Apr 20, 12, 1:58 pm
I use AirLine Mapper (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-tools/759472-airline-route-mapper-tool-windows-based.html).

Modesassion
Apr 20, 12, 3:07 pm
Thanks..That looks like a good start.


Modesassion
Apr 21, 12, 11:18 am
I seem to have found a good solution too at www.openflights.org. Doesn't necessarily have all airports but enough to do most of the leg work in one or two steps.

Probably more than likely talking to myself here, but...

via amtrak
Apr 21, 12, 4:03 pm
In google, if you search "flights from XXX" then click on "Show all non-stop routes from XXX" you get a list of all nonstop destinations served from XXX, the flight time, and operating airlines. Probably not as much info as you're looking for but I've found it helpful just to get an idea of who flies where from an unfamiliar airport.

kwildnj
Apr 22, 12, 7:40 am
As with the Google option above, and certainally has room for error, but I have often just used the airports Wikipedia page for destinations served nonstop.

printingray
Apr 23, 12, 10:51 am
I experienced Hawaiian Airlines (Hawaiian First class) non stop flight from Phoenix to Honolulu city and found it No.1 in overall quality.

belfordrocks
Apr 24, 12, 7:58 am
In google, if you search "flights from XXX" then click on "Show all non-stop routes from XXX" you get a list of all nonstop destinations served from XXX, the flight time, and operating airlines. Probably not as much info as you're looking for but I've found it helpful just to get an idea of who flies where from an unfamiliar airport.

Google does have glitches, and doesn't seem to handle certain codeshares/marketing agreements well. For example, for a long time I assumed Swiss flew to MLE thanks to the Google search tool, when it turned out to be Edelweiss metal.

AirlineRouteMapper is very good/efficient, but the data doesn't update real-time.

KVS
Apr 25, 12, 8:54 pm
Google does have glitches, and doesn't seem to handle certain codeshares/marketing agreements well. For example, for a long time I assumed Swiss flew to MLE thanks to the Google search tool, when it turned out to be Edelweiss metal.

AirlineRouteMapper is very good/efficient, but the data doesn't update real-time.

Being a KVS Tool member, all you have to do is click the [Timetable] Tab and select the recently-introduced [Departures/Arrivals] Method ;):

[KVS Availability Tool 6.9.9.R2/Diamond - FS: Departures/Arrivals] (http://www.KVSTool.com/)
MLE Male Ibrahim Nasir Intl MV [VRMM]
SAT 21 Apr 2012 | Departures

Carrier Flight From Schedule To Revised A/C Flt Status | Term | Gate
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- --------------------------
UL 108 MLE 02:45 CMB 320 Landed
MJ/** 1108 MLE 02:45 CMB 320 Landed
Q2 100 MLE 07:00 GAN DH3 Unknown
Q2 500 MLE 07:10 KDM DH2 Unknown
Q2 400 MLE 07:55 HAQ DH3 Unknown
Q2 700 MLE 08:35 TRV DH3 Unknown
UL 102 MLE 08:55 CMB 332 Landed
MJ/** 1102 MLE 08:55 CMB 332 Landed
QR 381 MLE 09:10 DOH 09:23 321 Landed
WK 68 MLE 09:20 ZRH 333 Unknown
LX/** 8068 MLE 09:20 ZRH 333 Unknown
EK 659 MLE 10:00 DXB 09:53 773 Landed
Q2 502 MLE 10:20 KDM DH2 Unknown
Q2 402 MLE 10:30 HAQ DH3 Unknown
Q2 300 MLE 10:40 KDO DH2 Unknown
Q2 102 MLE 10:50 GAN DH3 Unknown
BA 2042 MLE 11:45 LGW 11:41 777 Landed
UL 542 MLE 11:50 CMB 343 Unknown
UN 510 MLE 11:55 DME 12:08 744 Landed

N830MH
Apr 26, 12, 12:02 am
You can download the SkyTeam PC Timetable. You can find a specific route, schedule and etc.



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